2011

So today would be my second day of my Marine Biology course here at Jesuit. Today we discussed the articles we had read the night before. What I found most interesting was that the first article, which discussed the migration of certain species of fish due to climate change, was more of a research article as opposed to the...

Today was very interesting, we learned about numerous types of "marine biologists" such as a hydrologist, a scientist hired by a city to help check the foundation for a building project to see what types of sediments and rock lies under the projected building site and then sees if the sediments and rocks are sturdy enough to bulid on....

Today in class, we started by reading and reviewing two articles. One of the articles was about how climate change affects fish migration paterns in the North Sea. We also looked at several different and interesting fields in which a Marine biologist might work. My partner scientist Connor Beach looked specifically at research scientists. These scientists work in...

Today one interesting thing I learned was that for scientific data to be accepted it statistically must have less than .05 randomness or basically have a 95% chance that it is correct. Another interesting thing I learned is that usually smaller fish respond better to environmental changes. I also learned that sometimes in scientific readings it is easier to...

Today was full of new information. We first discussed two articles we had read, and I learned that the migration patterns of fish in the North Sea are being affected due to the unsual climate patterns in which the northern portions are warmer than the southern ones. Later, we began to talk about the experimental process and the many...

Day two... Check! As the second class ended, everyone in the room had gained knowledge. So far, although it may be laborous, I am enjoying the class. On this blog post I will breif you on three interesting pieces of knowledge I learned today. To begin with I learned that even the slightest temperature change can cause fish to shift...

Today was a very interesting class! I learned about the scientific method and how it is a process rather than a step by step method. In addition, I learned about the invasion of lion fish and how one of the suggestions to get rid of them was to sell them as a meat product so the demand on them...

On my second day in Marine Biology, I leaned many intriuging things about the different fields that one could study concerning the ocean. Since this is just a blog post, I will sum up my day into three interesting things that I learned. First, I leaned how scientists in the North Sea have studied the mass shifts of several...

Welcome back for day two of my Jesuit Marine Biology experience. Again I have lots of things that I'm interested it, and even more that I want to talk about (although it doesn't really make sense, it's true). We spent a lot of time today discussing the two articles assigned last night, and personally reading them I felt that...